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RESPECTED CITIZEN ARRESTED , ?? < ftorgan Boyleston Charged With Murder of Policeman Davis. < y . Springfield, Dec. 14.?The jury of inquest over the dead body of Policeman W. H. Davis, who was killed : ' at Salley last night, held for the killling Morgan E. Boyleston, a well known, prosperous and highly respected citizen of that town. Their verdict was found absolutely on what \ is termed the death-bed statement. Jr? nllairo^ tn Vimro saiH tViaf- hp (i/avio JO cuic^^u UA-? uvuu viwv % was shot by one of the Boyleston hoys, and one or more of the witnesses swore that Davis said it was Morgan Boyleston that did the killW * ing. There is absolutely not a scin- i T ... tilla of evidence against Boyleston ' ' . except the dying statement of Davis. It is said by ffayleston's friends that he was at home, over half a mile 1 away, at the time that Davis was J shot, and they appear to be confident ; . > of his being able to prove his where- < abouts at that time, before and after < i the shooting. Solicitor James E. Davis represent- ! ed the State, while the defendant | : " was represented by Capt. James H. Fanning of Springfield. Capt. Fan- ' ning will appear before Judge Mem- ' mmger at Barnwell next Monday v. and apply for.bail for Mr. Boyleston. 1 - i Another Account. Aiken, Dec. 14.?Chief of Police W. H. Davis of Salley, who was shot | c 1- last night from ambush at Salley, , r' died this morning at 7 o'clock froift ' : the wounds. Sheriff Raborn went : to the scene at once and an inquest , was held by Magistrate Eidson. The ' : coroner's jury returned a verdict that Davis came to his death from , I-". I gunshot wounds inflicted at the hands , of Morgan Boyleston. It is under- . stood that Sheriff Raborn has arV rested Boyleston, who is in his cus-. . tody, and is expected to arrive in V; Aiken tonight. Upon being told V that he could not live, Davis made a v ; statement, it is said, to the effect %!> ?, . that he had been shot by Boyleston. . -?1 Slick Swindler in Greenville. Greenville, Dec. 16?J. H. Allen, who as a special representative of the v- Lancaster Automatic Switch and Vj Signal company of Richmond, Va., |S^Y'liieeeeded in disposing of a ^udntity j. of stock of the concern in Greenville 1 and who was arrested early ?unday morning for receiving money* under false pretenses but was released later upon-the receipt of a telegram from the company saying that certain of MM', the losses would be made good, and ' who later left the pity, telegraphed sfe; from Charlotte, N, C.^ tonight that he would shortly pay wliat money was still owing here and secure a re- . yf-.*' lease of his baggage, which is being i jr ; i held m Greenville under attachment proceedings. The case is more or less of a paystery. Allen had been in Greenville several days. He had a pleasarrt address and was a good talker, his > v proposition looked good and he did not have any trouble in disposing of i his stock he offered for sale. Most < W '< of it was paid for in notes to the com- 1 pany, though he secured one check, i which he was not to cash until the < stock was delivered. It seems that j & he did cash this check, however, and < j5: ' ^ that led to his arrest. Later others t ,. . who had purchased stock began at- < tachment proceedings, but Allen had s been released and.left the city before c these papers could be served. How- t ever, nis baggage was held up; i i The Lancaster company seems, to be all right and there seems to be no doubt but that Allen represented the concern, but the company had not / heard from him in several weeks and ( .v v>/ his actions led to suspicion and arrest. v. - % '/ Mears Witt Case Decided. Babnwell, December 19.?Judge ] ssfe:,"'', Memminger rendered his decision to- < .day in the Mears will case from < ;; ; > Hampton, which is somewhat famous i \ owing to the large amount involved j > ?something like one hundred thous- i and dollars. A very able and ex- i haustive fight has been going on for i : sbme years in the various courts, j from the court of probate to the j supreme court. Judge Memminger's - decision rendered today sustains the < decision of the probate judge of i , Barnwell county,Hon. John K. . ; Shelling, who was specially com&'+ x missioned by the governor to assume ^jurisdiction of the case, owing to the disqualification of the probate judge , f ^ .of Hampton county, who, under the > ' v will, was made executor. The probate ; 4 : ~ judge of Barnwell county, after the i// most exhaustive taking of testimony and deliberate consideration thereof, - and having had the benefit of, the personal presence of the witnesses / before him, sustained the will and : hence the appeal. . 'v ^ ' Shooting Near Belton. . * - Belton, Dec. 19.?Mr. J. M. Cox, Jr., was shot by Barney Strickland this morning at his home, at Calhoun, four miles east of Belton. Dr. W. R. Haynie, who attended Mr. Cox, reports the wound not a serious one. From what this correspondent could gather Strickland had made some unbecoming remarks about the school children of the place and Mr. Cox reproved him for it. When they met this morning Strickland told Mr. Cox that he was ready for him and Mr. Cox got out of his wagon and gave Strickland anice little thrashing and asked nim it he nad enougn. Strickland said yes. When Cox released him Strickland pulled his pistol and fired, the ball striking him in the abdomen and ranging under the skin from the right and imbedded itself in the left side. Strickland is a young man. about 18 years of age. Mr. Cox is.a middle * aged man with a family.' ,v:-v., . ' ' Banker Morgan, Great Financier, Who Prescribed For Wail Street's Ills and Fought Against the Fever of Distrust. I/* ^ OUT of the mists of distrust and panic in the recent crisis in Wall street one figure loomed large and strong?that of the great banker, yachtsman and art connoisseur. J. Pierpont Morgan. It was irhnm tlio loc^or fiwmwiers iUUl^UU IV/ It UVUJ IUV iwwwv turned when the tide of misfortune and ruin seemed sweeping against them. It was at his mansion and art gallery that they gathered for conferences extending far into the night in efforts to devise means of reassuring the public and preventing solvent institutions from being forced into bankruptcy through lack of power to realize fast enough on their assets to meet the 3emands of depositors. When the tide of mistrust seemed stayed and the first week of the panic passed without the serious results to finance and busines that many had feared, it was to Morgan that the chief credit was given. When the stock market was disturbed last spring Mr. Morgan did not take any hand in the situation. He left the Standard Oil coterie to go it alone, remembering grimly the treatment he had received at 26 Broadway during the troubles of four years ago. The stock flurries of the summer months lid not feaze him in the least. He himself had more cash than stocks, and it was understood he had practically given up active work in "the street" He devoted much time to his ^wnir1 BSB ^HSS^:;:^$5?r-"; ^$??$ ";<^: J. PH5BP0NT MOBGAN. libber of whist at the Metropolitan ;lub. He went to Europe and bought nore pictures, and when, he returned le spent $5,000 or so in rent for two >r three weeks of a Virginia ^mansion is .his home while a delegate to a rhurch convention. But when the itorni broke and real disaster to general business seemed impending the tern visaged survivor of many financial tempests no longer refused his lid. He was not the possessor of the no6t millions. In that respect at least 1 t ' . ~ ' AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY, y Dr. David Jaynfc Hill, Recently Appointed 'to That Post. In the appointment of Dr. t>avld Jayne Hill as ambassador to1 Germany President Roosevelt "has selected a man >f extensive attainments in the fields >f diplomacy and scholarship. He is Bfty-seven years old and has been president of two colleges, Bucknell university and Rochester university, and has ailed the post of first assistant secretary of state. He was sent to Switzerland as our representative in 1903 and in 1905 became minister at The Hague. While Dr. Hill .was president of Rocb jster university the small daughter of tils mathematical colleague was very % . DR. DAVID JATNE HILL. fond of him, and she had a great habit of picking up long words and making him teil her what they meant "What's the difference between gastronomy and astronomy?' she asked one day. "Astronomy," replied the president "is.the science of .the heavenly bodies, Dorothy. Gastronomy is?er?well, a heavenly science of the earthly body." j * \T Panic Doctor. Captain of Industry, Art Lover and Yachtsman, Who Had More Cash Than Stock When Crash Came. v a half dozen uien stood higher up than j he, but it was generally rero mized that he was the only one possessing the brains, courage and other qualities necessary to financial generalship Mr. Morgan hates publicity as to his domestic and private affairs, and for that reason pictures of him and his family and data about them seldom MBS. MOBOAN. get Into print His wife is said to be an estimable woman, but the world in general knows little about her. ' Her photograph, from which the accompanying picture Is reproduced, was taken while she and Mr. Morgan were abroad recently, and she was standing at the time with her friend, the Viscountess Esher. Mrs. Morgan before her marriage was Miss Frances Louise Tracy and is a daughter of Charles Tracy, a noted lawyer. One son and three daughters have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Morgan, and there are several grandchildren, of whom the veteran financier is exceedingly fond. As illustratr ing his" aversion to camera artists, it is related that on his return from Eu- ' rope on one occasion be was greeted by a battery of about twenty photographers, and one of them stepped up and asked: ? "Excuse me, Mr. Morgan, would you mind if I took your picture?" The financier stepped rrom tne group of friends with whom he had been talking and replied: "What! Take my picture? I'd rather lose a million dol- lars." ^ , Whereupon one of the other camera men spoke up and said: "You've lost $15,000,000 already, Mr. Morgan, for .we have aboot fifteen pictures." And Mr. Morgan joined in the laugh. f- - ' , t* ' - j. ' .' NEXT MARYLAND SENATOR. Ex-Governor John Walter 8mith, the Choice of Democrats at Primaries. This year was the first time that theprimary plan of choosing United States senators was tried in Maryland, the Democrats voting in accordance with I. ^mh&BHk^ /y/ uhHB^^^RSKv /> ^ EX-GOVERNOR JOHN WALTER SMITH. this plan and the result being the ov.P.nwmnr .Tnhn Walter VMVAW V? Smith for one of Maryland's seats In the senate. Che Democrats will control the legislature and will elect Senator William Pinkney Whyte to fill out the unexpired term of the late Senator Gorman and Mr. Smith for the full term. Mr. Whyte was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by Senator Gorman's death. Mr. Smith was his party's nominee for senator in 1896. He was born in 1845 in Snow Hill, Md.; received his education from private tutors and at the Washington academy and has been Identified wjth politics for many years. He-served several terms in the legislature, was elected to congress and In 1900 was chosen governor. + MADE PUBLIC APOLOGY. Remarkable Incident at Palmetto Club Rooms in Georgetown. Georgetown, Dec. 19.?The Palmetto club rooms last night were the scene of a remarkable incident, being a public apology made by a young business man to a young lady stenoggrapher, who. held in her possession a letter written by him which she had passed around to th^/40 or 50 leading business men, whom she had requested to be present to hear his apology. The language of the letter is absolutely unbecoming any sort of gentleman. v The facts in the case, as learned by The State's correspondent, are that the offender had received an anonymous missive, and he presumed that the above referred to stenographer was the author of it, whereupon he wrote the outrageous note couched in the most obscene terms and mailed it*to the stenographer. Upon receipt of same the young lady was almost prostrated with grief and humiliation, and was going to wire for her relatives and report it to the postoffice authorities. But friends interceded for the offender and begged her to accept a public apology from him, which she agreed to do. The entire affair was a very humiliating one. Kentucky Feud Fight. ? Whitesburg, Ky., Dec. 19?Another feud battle was fought between the Stone-Smith c factions on the Letcher Knott, border yesterday, in which some forty shots were fired. John Stone, reported leader of the faction, who has killed fifteen men during his day, was killed in the first charge, while later during the siege Kelly Smith, member of the Smith faction, was mortally wounded, dying an hour later. Another of the Smith faction- received perhaps a fatal wound. Ofhpr mAmhprs nf the factions are terribly wrought up, and another clash is ^expected. Aycock for Second Place. Washington, Dec. 19.?"North Carolina has no candidate' for the democratic presidential nomination but it has a man whom it would like to see nominated for the vice presidency," said E. J. Justice, speaker of the house in North Carolina. "He is former Governor C. B. Aycock, and I think I can speak for a majority of the people of the South when I say that, he would not only be satisfactory to that section but is earnestly desired. He would add strength to the ticket and the combination of Bryan and former Governor Aycock, I think, would prove one hard to beat." V _ r - - -7 - - \ To. Survey Swamp Lands. Washington, Dec. 19.?Representative J. 0. Patterson, has introduced a joint resolution directing the secretary of agriculture to cause a survey and investigation, to be made of the swamp and tidal lands of the second congressional district of South Carolina, to determine the feasibility and cost of leveling and draining said lands, and the benefit of agriculture which would result there from. That the sum of $10,000 be appropriated for the carrying out of the resolution is also stipulated. Mr. Patterson has introduced this resolution and. will fight to. get it pass^l because he believes that there ira large area of now unproductive soil in the counties in the Second district, that would be of great value if reclaimed and devoted to agricultural purposes. Also that the health of the residents of the towns adjacent thereto would be greatly improved. "The fact that reclaimed lands all over the country have proven to be very productive and healthy will probably lead to the reclamation, finally, of a vast area of land now unproductive in the United States/' ? _ e said Mr. Patterson. ; jsome 01 our richest land in South Carolina is now left idle on account of the unhealthy condition of the adjacent country. With the proper drainage this land can be easily reclaimed and will prove very productive." "wallowed 144 Needles. New York, Dec. 19.?Mrs. Mollfe Desmond, who, in a fit of desperation several months ago attempted to take her own life by swallowing 144 needles, is dying in the Fordham hospital. But the needles are not directly responsible for her death. The last of twenty-four operations for the removal of the needles was performed on Sunday. That night she was taken with a severe case of coughing and the wounds of the operations were opened, causing great loss of blood. The doctors hold out no hope for her recovery. How to Do It. An Irishman out of work applied to the "boss" of a large repair shop in Detroit. When the Celt had stated mni/lmj on/^ rmalifipatinns IllO OU11U1 J UUU Vil ? V1W Vj for a job the superintendent began questioning him a bit. Starting quite at random, he asked: "Do you know anything about carpentry?" "Shure!" "Do you know how to make a Venetian blind?" "Shure!" "How would you do it?" "QVmro TM wnkp me-firiffer in his R^"U^V, * ~ C ? eye!" i There have been numbers of our friends from all over the county here during the past week. They were doing their Christmas shopping. RAILROADS TO CUT WAQES. Georgia Short Lines Agree to Reduce their Expenses. Albany, Ga., December 19?Every short line railroad in Georgia was represented at a conference of officials, which began behind closed doors at the New Albany Hotel at 2 o'clock this afternoon. J. W. Oglesby, of Quitman, president of the South Georgia Railway, was elected president. After the Ameeting Mr. Oglesby made the following statement: "To-day's meeting was for the purpose of discussing ways and means of meeting depressed business conditions. It was agreed to make a general reduction in the wages of labor and this will be made effective January 1st. The short lines being dpnpndpnt mainlv tmon local traffic for their expenses to meet the reduced earnings." Committee Assignments. Washington, Dec. 19.?The members of the lower house of congress from South Carolina are very much pleased with the committee assignments which they were given today. They one and all declare that they got the very committees upon which they can do the very best possible work for South Carolina as well as the ones which will advance; themselves in potency in congress! The star assignment?that is of the assignments?is that of Ellerbe of the Sixth district, who goes to rivers and harbors. This was a much coveted position, as it has to do with what is known as the pork barrel and Ellerbe was recommended for it by the whole South Carolina delegation. Johnstone of the fourth district has a position on public buildings and grounds, the other pork barrel committee. ' South Carolina is represented now with two hands in the barrel. Aiken gets a position on the District , committee, for which he is consider 1 * A 1 ? ed well qualified oy reason 01 ms intimate acquaintance with Washington and Washington affairs. Lever has his old committees, education and agriculture. He is the ranking Democrat on the education committee and is next to the ranking Democrat on the agricultural committee. Finley goes up one peg on the postoffice and post roads committee by reason of the fact that Griggs of Georgia goes to ways and means. 1 Legare is on industrial arts and expositions and patents. He resigned from banking and currency several weeks ago. Patterson is on three committees, claims, irrigation of arid lands, and railways and canals. ? Two of these are new. He was on railways and canals before, but not the others. Fist Fight in Congress. . Washington, Dec. 19?John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi, leader of the minority, and Representative De Armond, of Missouri, engaged in a fist ; fight over the passing of the lie on the floor of the House this afternoon immediately after adjournment. Williams struck the first blow and De Armond retaliated vigorously with clenched fists. When the combatants Were separated, blood was flowing from Williams' face, from a small gash in the left cheek and his ; forehead was red and abraised. De Armond bore no marks of the fray.;. The encounter was witnessed by more than 100 members of the House and by as many more persons in the galleries, among them a score of women. The House had just broken up, . and groups of representatives were ; standing or sitting about, among ! them were WilHams and De Armond. They were engaged in a very earnest ! talk, but attracted no especial attention. Suddenly both men sprang ! to their feet and began striking each other. ' Charges of FraUd Made. . Washington, Dec. 19.?On the heels of Senator Tillman's speech in the senate concerning Secretary Cortelyou's financial methods, Geo. W. Austin of New Yofk today filed a /liotripf fiiinrpmp eourt OUi V UI UXiV? VUOVA *VV _ against the secretary asking that he be restrained from making allotments of the recent Panama canal bonds issue. The bill filed states that the United States will lose between seven hundred thousand and a million dollars if the bonds are alloted and contends that bids for seven million dollars worth of bonds submitted by l Smith and another Jlew Yorker were higher than a majority of the bids accepted by the secretary and that thereby the United States is defraud- | ed. Working for the Edisto. Washington, Dec. 18.?Representatives Lever and Patterson appeared before the board of engineers of the war department today and urged the needs of opening up the Edisto river for navigation. Mr. j Lever called attention to the fact OrftnorAhnrc produces more cot-1 ?o * ton than any other county east of the j Mississippi river. He said that 30,000 bales'of cotton and 10,000 tons of fertilizer would be1 shipped annually on the north fork of the Edisto if it were made navigable. I Sixteen hundred bales, he said, are shipped every year from Orangeburg to Wilmington over the Atlantic Coast Line. Mr. Patterson urged the opening up of the south fork. This is the season of decay and weakened vitality; good health is hard to-reI tain. If you'd retain yours, fortify your system with Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea, the surest way. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. H. F. Hooveb. I * - - - -1 TAX NOTICE. The comity treasurer's office will be open for the collection of State, county, school and all other taxes from the 15th day of October, 1907, until the 15th day :j of March, 1908, inclusive. From the 1st day of Jahi rnry, 1908, urntil the 31st day of January, 1908, a penalty of 1 per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. Fromthefirst day of February, 1908, until the 28th diy of February, - / 1908, a penalty of 2 per cefct. will be added to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st day of March, 1908, until the 15th daar of March, 1908, a penalty of 5 per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. The following is the )evy: For State purposes, 5 mills. For county purposes, 3 mills. / Constitutional school tax, 3 mills. Total, 10i mills. SPECIAL SCHOOL LEVIES. Bamberg, No. 14.4& mills. Denmark, No. 21, 6 mills. ^ .'&% Olar, No. 8, 4 mills. .* : :]$ Lees, No. 23, 4 mills. Midway, No. 2, 2 mills. Cuffie Creek, No. 17, 2 mills. Colston, No. 18, 2 mills. Ehrhardt, No. 22, 2 mills. Oak Grove, No. 20, 2 mills. GOvan, No. 11, 3 mills. . Binnaker's, Net 12, 3 mills. Hopewell, No. 1, 3 nulls. Clear Pond, No. 19, 2 mills. Hunter's Chapel, No. 16,1 mUL / Hampton, No. 3, 2 mills. Heyward, No. 24, 2 mills. All male persons between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years, except Confederate soldiers and sailors, who are exempt at fifty years ofage, are liable to a poll tax of one dollar. Capitation doe tax, 50 cents. : ^ I will receive tie road commutation tax ($2.00) from October. 15th, 1907, until March 1st, 1908. All male persons who were 21 years of age on or before the 1st day of Jansary, 1907, are liable to $1.00 poll tax;. Those who have not ma4e returns to the auditor will do bo on or before 1st dap of January, 1908. , ' JNO. P. FOLK, Treasurer Bamberg Gmnty. ; Bambere. S. C.. September 25th. 1907. - * if7/f!'cARTER*: j < Attorney-at-Law ! !. ! I BAMBERG, S. C. J | Special Attention Given to Sotttoawt ' ; i of Estates and inveatlgatJoa of TRIM , ! i > Offices over Bamberg Bankfi?*Co. < MM Fifty Colored Laborers For Logging, Railroad and Sawmill Work. STEADY WORK GOOD WAGES Paid Every Night With rh^rks which mav be turned into office every two weeks to be cashed. House Rent Free Also can use white labor CiO or Address BREON LUMBER fiOli ULMERS, - S. C. Locsted on A* L? RsUrouL W.P.RILEY!: ' ' 1 FIRE, LIFE !! accident X ii.INSURANCB I ' BAMBERG, ... , 8. C. f - j U MM Id. j. delkI ' CARRIAGE WORKS AMVTHING ON WOEELS l| I ^ .. . ?: .i r* .! '^'VK - I! Delivery wagons, one and two B horse farm wagons, ice wag I ons, log carts, sewing machine B: " wagons, or any kind of special ' B"- v*'; work built to order on short B notice. First-class repair and paint shop, does pipe work and B carries piping and fixtures, E | brass fittings, engine supplies, B y injectors, steam gauges, en- B ; : gine oils, large stock of bug- B i& gies, harness, lap robes and ? whips for sale cheap. All work will be appreciated and satis- ? I. faction guaranteed D. J. D'EL'K:ra _ J BAMBERG, 5. C. | .-v/: " ?- . ??? . .'v. You know as well as any one when yon | need something to regulate your system. * If your bowels are sluggisn, your food distresses yon, your kidneys pain, take Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. It at ways relieves. 35 cents. Tea or Tablet*. , H. F. Hoover. m